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Wednesday, August 04, 2010

Rail-Mobile Launchers of ICBMs and their Missiles


Key Point: Neither the United States nor Russia currently deploys rail-mobile ICBM launchers. If a Party develops and deploys rail-mobile ICBMs, such missiles, their warheads, and their launchers would be subject to the Treaty.

Definitions: The New START Treaty defines an ICBM launcher as a “device intended or used to contain, prepare for launch, and launch an ICBM.” This is a broad definition intended to cover all ICBM launchers, including rail-mobile launchers if they were to be deployed again in the future.

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